MEPs unhappy with pesticide regulation plans

Proposed criteria for identifying chemicals in pesticides that could harm people’s hormone systems should be ditched, the European Parliament’s environment committee has said.

Committee MEPs backed a resolution on 28 September calling on their colleagues to veto criteria for identifying endocrine-disrupting chemicals proposed by the European Commission in June.

The Commission exceeded its mandate by proposing that some substances should be exempted from the criteria, such as pesticides that are designed to attack their targets’ hormone systems, the committee said.